When will the rain of pain of the former Conservative government end? Now judge rules that the heavy-handedness of the harper government CRA ruined the lives of Tony and Helen Samaroo and awarded them $1.7 million dollars.

I'm not here to defend the record of conservatives (although, it should be pointed out that there have been both good and bad on both sides. Chretien was good, T1 and now T2 are really, really bad). I know is that 10 million is greater than 1.7 million. Even 10 million is a drop in the bucket, but out of principle, Trudeau shouldn't have settled out of court.

justincase wrote: When will the rain of pain of the former Conservative government end? Now judge rules that the heavy-handedness of the harper government CRA ruined the lives of Tony and Helen Samaroo and awarded them $1.7 million dollars.

Snman wrote:how much of my taxes went to pay that murdering terrorist Khadr? Oh right that was supposedly Harper's fault too.

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I would imagine there would have been ZERO costs had harper brought Omar home when the courts recommended it. So, Now, instead of paying $40 million dollars to Omar, he ended up settling at $10 million. ZERO, would have been much better for everybody, including Omar, don't you think?

Oh so now it's $40 million. The other SJW's trying to desperately spin this garbage were saying $20 million. Soon it will probably be $50 million and then $100 million. Why not. This is like trying to argue with the anti-Site C lunatics. I get it, math is hard. Thinking is hard.

ZERO, would have been much better for everybody, including Omar, don't you think?

And that's what he would have gotten, had our spineless boy blunder PM had the balls to let this go to trial. Meanwhile, they could have also worked out something such that any monies that were paid to the murdering terrorist were placed in a trust account that could have been accessed by the widow of the US medic that Khadr killed, so at least the money wouldn't be all covered in blood. Paying this terrorist was bad enough, but doing it in secret to screw over that poor widow was the lowest of blows.

This current unelected NDP government is a disgrace.

Not all leftists are stupid, but most stupid people are leftists - Dr. Don Boys

And the key evidence in the Khadr case was Harper and his minion cabinet ministers attitude, and words: "Let him rot in Guantanamo Bay". You might dislike Khadr, and even hold some kind of grudge against him and his entire race and all terrorists, but he was a Canadian citizen, and our government did NOTHING to assist or advise him.

Remember, Khadr was not facing justice in another land. He was being held in Guantanamo Bay, one of the few pieces of land in the world that is outside international law. It's an American military base on the shore of Cuba and they use torture, in violation of the Geneva Convention, and hold prisoners without charge for years. Harper's government "let him rot" without seeking to get him back from the Americans, or even face a trial in an American court, not an illegal court in Guantanamo Bay. He had a case against the Government of Canada and was seeking $40 million. Trudeau offered $10 million when there wasn't a hope in hell for the government to win. And Khadr accepted it.

bob vernon wrote:And the key evidence in the Khadr case was Harper and his minion cabinet ministers attitude, and words: "Let him rot in Guantanamo Bay".

Of course no links. Just more made up garbage.

You might dislike Khadr,

More just about not liking murderers very much.

and even hold some kind of grudge against him

Not really, just didn't like how he secretly was paid $10.5 million. Under the table so the widow of the man he killed couldn't get any of it. So sickening.

and his entire race

LOL - quite a stretch. Like how you lobbed that one in there. What is his "race" by the way? Is this where you say "Islam"?

and all terrorists,

You don't hold a grudge against terrorists who kill innocents? Why not?

but he was a Canadian citizen,

He was a Canadian citizen because his terrorist family used our country and lax immigration rules as a staging ground to launch terrorist actions around the world. That's the part that really gets me. This family didn't come to Canada to live in peace, they used us as a safe haven to plan evil actions. They don't care about Canada, they just cared about killing people. And that's fine, but sorry, you don't get $10.5 million for that.

and our government did NOTHING to assist or advise him.

If that's true, then why is Khadr in Canada now? If they did nothing. Just curious.

Remember, Khadr was not facing justice in another land. He was being held in Guantanamo Bay, one of the few pieces of land in the world that is outside international law.

Yes, we remember. Because he killed a US medic. While on a terrorist base. It's not that hard to understand.

Yes, it's Harper's fault.

It's Harper's fault that somehow, the SJW's weren't happy that Khadr wasn't returned to Canada sooner. It's JT's fault for being a spineless loser and paying him $10.5 million.

This current unelected NDP government is a disgrace.

Not all leftists are stupid, but most stupid people are leftists - Dr. Don Boys

Think what you want about the amount, whether he was truly a child soldier, whether the widow should get anything..... But these are the facts:

He is a Canadian citizen.

He was interrogated and detained with the cooperation and participation of CSIS and the Martin/Chretien governments.

They and the Harper government refused to take active steps to safeguard his rights and/or repatriate him, especially considering he was a minor when this all took place.

Three separate SCC decisions found that his Charter rights were violated by these actions. Despite this, the Harper govt continued to let him rot in Guatanamo and did little to nothing to try and repatriate him.

In 2013, he filed a civil lawsuit against the government for violating his rights. Given the multiple SCC decisions that found his rights were violated, and refusal by both Liberal and Conservative governments to do anything to rectify it, his case is pretty much a slam dunk.

Khadr was seeking $20 million in damages. There are no precedents, so no guarantee he would get the full $20 million. But this is also a pretty extraordinary case of inaction and deliberate violation of civil rights of a citizen by multiple governments. Regardless of what he did or didn't do in the war, he retains his right to due process which was denied him.

So, Trudeau was basically stuck with all this, and faced with the choice of going to trial (which they would almost assuredly lose), with the added risk of legal costs awarded against the government. Trudeau settled (or more likely, lawyers advised him to settle) for $10.5 million rather than go to a trial they will surely lose and have to pay much, much more money.

So much of the violent push-back on everything progressive and reformist comes down to: I can see the future, and in this future I am not the centre of the universe and master of all that I survey, therefore this future must be resisted at all costs.